I get more and more excited every time I watch this show. The fact that the series is still in a semi-eposodic format, with the main plot stil seemingly untouched, tells me that this series will be at least a double season show (eg. 24 or 26 episodes). And seeing as how these action-less episodes are still impressing me, when it gets to main storyline and everything starts coming together with monstrously large battles (hopefully), I will be stoked! The first episode seems pretty far into the story, though the ambiguous guy remains the main threat in that episode and seems untouched, therefore indicating it is not too far into the plot.